History YMMV / TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer

* AngstWhatAngst: Huck is very cavalier about his father's unavailability and drunkenness, his mother's apparent death, and the fact that he's living on the streets--in fact, when people attempt to give him the maternal love they believe he needs, he only gets embarrassed.

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* AngstWhatAngst: Huck is very cavalier about his father's unavailability and drunkenness, [[AlcoholicParent drunkenness]], his [[MissingMom mother's apparent death, death]], and the fact that he's living on the streets--in fact, when people attempt to give him the maternal love they believe he needs, he only gets embarrassed.

* SignatureScene: Tom Sawyer tricking other kids into whitewashing a fence for him.

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* SignatureScene: Tom Sawyer tricking other kids into whitewashing a fence for him.him ([[CommonKnowledge although contrary to popular belief]], in the original Huckleberry Finn wasn't present; he was only introduced later).

* {{Sequelitis}}: Not for HuckleberryFinn, but the further sequels "Tom Sawyer Abroad" and "Tom Sawyer, Detective." Yes, those really exist. And they were written by Mark Twain himself, too. He lost much of his wealth in bad investments and he needed to support his family.

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* {{Sequelitis}}: Not for HuckleberryFinn, Literature/HuckleberryFinn, but the further sequels "Tom Sawyer Abroad" and "Tom Sawyer, Detective." Yes, those really exist. And they were written by Mark Twain himself, too. He lost much of his wealth in bad investments and he needed to support his family.

** Adult readers also tend to find Aunt Polly much more sympathetic; for all her faults, she is doing her best to raise her nephew and two other children on her own. Further, she's subjected to the worst AdultFear -- [[spoiler: the loss of a child]] -- not once, but twice, in the course of the book; her emotional torment is all too clear, especially to readers who are parents themselves.

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